On August 11, 2016, the Women's Liberation Front ("WoLF") - an unincorporated association of radical feminists dedicated to the total liberation of women fighting to, among other things, end male violence, regain reproductive sovereignty for women, and preserve women-only spaces - filed this ...
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On August 11, 2016, the Women's Liberation Front ("WoLF") - an unincorporated association of radical feminists dedicated to the total liberation of women fighting to, among other things, end male violence, regain reproductive sovereignty for women, and preserve women-only spaces - filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The plaintiff sued the Department of Justice alleging that the Department's May 13 Guidance, which requires schools to provide restrooms and locker rooms on the basis of sex, but allow transgender students access to such facilities consistent with their gender identity, violates the Administrative Procedure Act, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1872, and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. Specifically, the plaintiff alleges that the May 13 Guidance violates the express terms of Title IX, which provides women with their own facilities, by expanding the scope of the term "sex" beyond the biological definition of "sex" by equating "sex" with "gender identity."

On October 24, 2016, the DOJ filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. On October 31, 2016, WoLF filed a motion to stay, which was granted by Magistrate Judge William P. Lynch on November 2, 2016 pending the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Gloucester County School Board v. G.G., which will address the proper interpretation of Title IX and its coverage of trans students.

On November 18, 2016 the case was reassigned from the magistrate to U.S. District Court Judge James A. Parker. The Clearinghouse will provide updates as they become available.

Women's Liberation Front ("WoLF"), an unincorporated association of radical feminists dedicated to the total liberation of women fighting to, among other things, end male violence, regain reproductive sovereignty for women, and preserve women-only spaces